Geo-Cradle participated in the Raw Materials Week which took place from 12-16 November 2018 in Brussels, belgium.

Raw Materilas Week 2018, it builds up on a series of events organised by the European Commission addressing the latest news on raw materials in the EU. It will be a unique opportunity for the raw materials community to discuss and exchange on all relevant issues: policy, technology, international cooperation, framework conditions, knowledge base etc.

The 6th High Level Conference of the European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials is the main event of the week taking place on 14 November 2018. The main topic of the conference is “Raw materials for low carbon and circular economy”, covering relevant issues including battery value chain, cascading of woody biomass, secondary raw materials for energy-intensive industries.

The GEO-CRADLE partner from IGME participated in the event and gave an oral presentation on the Assessment of the Added-Value of Sentinel data for supporting mapping and monitoring of mining areas: The GeoCradle project. The abstract of the oral presentation is available here.